Tag: writing
member name: Mandi -Watch where the chalk-white arrows go. To the place where the sidewalk ends. S.S.
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April 14, 2006 10:43 PM EDT --
I open my email and what do I see?
Nothing from the Nudelman house,
Are they spurning me?
Day after day, night after night...
Did I say something wrong??
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March 24, 2006 09:41 PM EST --
This evening as I was throwing trash out, a very large, rotund raccoon scared the living day lights out of me. I opened the lid and was getting ready to swing the trash bag in, when he popped his bandit . . . more
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June 09, 2006 07:25 PM EDT --
The wind blows my dreams
To all corners of my mind
Floating free
Tormenting me
Holding me back from all that could be
You're there
Calling to me . . . more
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June 11, 2006 01:21 AM EDT --
This morning I saw a homemade sign that read: "Perennials for sale"
I drive the few blocks and see a cute blue cottage on a hill. The sign points to the back and I drive . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:14 PM EDT --
Baba's Chicken Salad
Cheap and goes a long way!
Cook a whole chicken in a big pot of water for several hours, cool and then strip. (The chicken not you)
While the chicken . . . more
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April 12, 2006 12:20 PM EDT --
Some people are saying that a certain poem on gather is plagiarized,(I won't say whose) and it got me to thinking...
There is so much in our life to write about, so much wealth, love, pain and . . . more
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May 24, 2006 01:41 PM EDT --
A few months back I wrote about cleaning out and unplugging an ancient fridge in my basement. A month after the unplugging my electric bill dropped by 20 bucks or so.
I was amazed that I was spending . . . more
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May 29, 2006 10:30 AM EDT --
Is it just me or are a lot of people bitching about Gather lately? It seems every few days someone is emailing a mass good-bye, saying in essence "I can't take it anymore, good-bye cruel world!!" . . . more
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June 06, 2006 10:32 AM EDT --
I have never been much for superstition, but today when I signed in I noticed I have 666 connections. I then looked down at my digital camera and saw 666 on the digital display. My daughter then reminded . . . more
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June 06, 2006 09:29 PM EDT --
I didn't know you'd be something to miss
Stored Away, returned on the whisper of the wind
The memory of one perfect kiss
The deliciousness of young love floods my brain
Rain washes over my . . . more
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March 25, 2006 10:20 PM EST --
*our house
6 years ago we bought our first home. It is 79 years old and it shows. Over the years many, many owners have moved in and did what they thought was remodeling; I'll explain.
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April 27, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
Martha Jette wrote an article about being a grandmother and it got me to thinking about my daughter Beth who is 17. Can I imagine her having a child right now? When I was her age she was already 5 months . . . more
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May 10, 2006 04:08 PM EDT --
I have made 6500 points in 4 months and have spent A LOT of time on gather. I do not think I can afford to give any more than I do, so I will not be trying to make 3000 points a month for cash! It is nice . . . more
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May 25, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
When I joined Gather it was to write and meet other writers. When I discovered we could create groups I had an epiphany; creating groups, creates more writing ideas, which is a good thing. So I came up . . . more
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May 27, 2006 07:12 PM EDT --
After 40 degree weather and non-stop rain it all went away and now it is an average of 90 degrees and 120% humidity here in northern Illinois. So I have been putting off opening our pool. I know that . . . more
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April 23, 2006 12:11 AM EDT --
My husband is in the Army and had to work today, but he came home just in time to go fishing with me.
It was warm but very windy so we didn't stay very long. We didn't catch anything . . . more
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May 01, 2006 09:35 PM EDT --
Well I did it... I jumped off the deep end and got my first professional tattoo. I know a lot of people don't like tattoos.. but I like them and I love art and to me that is what tattoos are... I always . . . more
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June 13, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
You looked so quiet. I realize now that seemed absurd, being dead would require a complete type of quiet wouldn't it. But anyone who knew you would understand why I thought "quiet" fit the . . . more
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April 28, 2006 10:34 PM EDT --
I have been nostalgic for the past few months...thinking about old friends, old boyfriends, Chicago the city I grew up in. I don't want to call it a mid-life crisis (I'm not that old!)
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April 29, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
In March of 2003 my husband Bill started complaining of a stomach ache. Several doctors' visits yielded nothing. He was losing weight very quickly, was not going to the bathroom properly and the pain . . . more
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